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Start-up funding from the Hanse University Alliance: Low German at school interdisciplinary: First reading books from 1914 to ca.1950
more: Start-up funding from the Hanse University Alliance: Low German at school interdisciplinary: First reading books from 1914 to ca.1950"Künstlike Werltspröke" and "Eyn schön rimbökelin"
more: "Künstlike Werltspröke" and "Eyn schön rimbökelin"Press release: How endangered is the Sater Frisian language?
more: Press release: How endangered is the Sater Frisian language?The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research
more: The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German researchInternship at the Low German Stage at the Oldenburg State Theatre
more: Internship at the Low German Stage at the Oldenburg State TheatreLow German as a teaching subject: Teachers tested at Oldenburg University
more: Low German as a teaching subject: Teachers tested at Oldenburg UniversityCombination of subjects - Information on enrolment in the Bachelor's degree programme in Low German
more: Combination of subjects - Information on enrolment in the Bachelor's degree programme in Low GermanExhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrations
more: Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrationsWanted: Student assistant in the field of Low German didactics
more: Wanted: Student assistant in the field of Low German didactics3rd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)
more: 3rd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)O-Week: The Low German department introduces itself
more: O-Week: The Low German department introduces itself14th Colloquium of the Association for Low German Language Research
more: 14th Colloquium of the Association for Low German Language ResearchExhibition "What does minority mean here?" in the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg
more: Exhibition "What does minority mean here?" in the Museumsdorf CloppenburgThe science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research (11.6.-21.7.)
more: The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research (11.6.-21.7.)Low German poetry slam at "Karkendag" in Hanover
more: Low German poetry slam at "Karkendag" in Hanover2nd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)
more: 2nd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)Lecture: Language as a cultural asset and means of exclusion: Results of a survey on identity and language use in East Frisia
more: Lecture: Language as a cultural asset and means of exclusion: Results of a survey on identity and language use in East FrisiaPoetry slam "High German & Low German" by the Low German Forum and "Slamquadrat"
more: Poetry slam "High German & Low German" by the Low German Forum and "Slamquadrat"Spraakplaan Nedderdüütsch - Kick-off event on 31 May 2024
more: Spraakplaan Nedderdüütsch - Kick-off event on 31 May 2024Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrations
more: Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrationsIn the Department of Low German and Sater Frisian at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Oldenburg, we research and teach the regional language Low German and the minority language Sater Frisian:
As an independent form of Frisian, Sater Frisian is a minority language and at home in the immediate vicinity of Oldenburg: Saterland, with around 1500 active speakers of Seeltersk, forms a linguistic enclave in Lower Saxony. The regional language Low German or Plattdüütsch is spoken by around 3 to 5 million people in the northern German Federal States of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein as well as in the northern parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse. The number of people who understand the language is even greater.
If you study in Oldenburg, you can not only learn to speak Low German and Sater Frisian, you can also study the history of these languages and their status and variants in the present, Low German literature and finally the question of how to teach Low German and Sater Frisian in schools and how to promote encounters with these languages in the classroom. There has been a research focus on Low German and Sater Frisian at the Carl von Ossietzky University since 1983.
You can find out about the various options for studying Low German in Oldenburg - from a Bachelor's degree in Low German, to a specialisation in Low German, to a taster course and guest studies - under 'Study'. The Low German and Sater Frisian specialisation at the University of Oldenburg is also a member of the teaching network "Niederdeutsch vermitteln" (LeNie), which develops and provides inter-university courses for students of the subject of Low German at the participating universities.